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It was another super fine day today. In fact, during an afternoon walk, Nicoline told Mirinda that it’s her favourite time; spring slowly slipping into summer. I agreed. Sitting on the deck, drinking coffee as the sun warms the world, hats warding off the brightness, is pretty close to heaven.
Having lapped up sufficient amounts of vitamin D, we hopped into the car and drove across to Vagnhärad for Zed’s annual health check, which was almost passed with flying colours. There is a need for new windscreen wipers but, other than that, all was good.
Best of all, it didn’t take very long before we were headed back home again.
While Mirinda chatted with Fi, I headed into the stuga to record my latest Letter from Sweden.
The rest of the day was spent mainly in packing for tomorrow. I managed to squash 12 days worth of clothing into the parrot bag by rolling and folding as I was shown by Bob many years ago. It makes all the difference.
Finally, I made dinner – roasted salmon. After eating then cleaning up, I closed Chez Gaz until May 21 when the menu may become very French.
After dinner, rather than start a new Netflix series, we watched a rather lamentable movie called Fair Play. While there were people who enjoyed it, my review would read, best forgotten.
Poor Freya seems to be improving, albeit very slowly. At least she managed some food today after going for a short walk with Mirinda, down the road to the abandoned house on the corner.
Meanwhile, in the more interesting wider world, I saw this on a news site today. Am I the only person to gasp at ‘one of’?
Mexico City is sinking at such an alarming rate that it’s visible from space. Imagery from a powerful NASA radar system is revealing subsidence rates of more than 0.5 inches a month — making the city one of the planet’s fasting-sinking capitals.
Paddison, Laura, 2026, CNN, available online at: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/05/climate/mexico-city-sinking-nasa-aquifer-water
I also read that Ted Turner died, aged 87. I had no idea he founded CNN. I remember him from his movie site launched on digital TV back when I was working at Telewest. I read his CNN obit. He was an amazing, philanthropic guy.
